Wound infiltration or transversus abdominis plane block after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Regional anesthesia techniques are commonly used for postoperative pain management during laparoscopic surgery. Our aim was to compare the analgesic efficacy of pre-incisional subcutaneous wound infiltration (WI) with that of the transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block as part of a multimodal analgesic approach in laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.

Methods

In this prospective, double-blinded, randomized controlled clinical trial, 60 patients were assigned to either TAP or WI group. The main outcome was acute postoperative pain control assessed using the mean numeric rating scale (NRS) at the 24 hours postoperatively. The secondary outcomes were opioid requirements, procedure-related complications, overall complications, and length of stay.

Results

In this

SUBMITTER: Tejedor A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10183622 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature